Last week 29 staffing firms in Norway sent a petition to the Oslo District Court for a temporary injunction and they are suing the state at the Ministry of Labour and Inclusion over new hiring rules set to come to force in July,
An employment tribunal in the UK has ordered umbrella firm DNS Umbrella Limited to pay a contractor nearly £30,000 after it was found that the firm had unlawfully deducted Employers National Insurance and Apprentice Levy.
Norway’s Conservative Party believes that the government should put upcoming temporary agency worker legislation changes, which are scheduled to come into force on 1 April, on hold. The party said it believes the changes are in conflict with the EU s Temporary Agency Directive, and the EEA Agreement s general provisions on the free flow of services.